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HighCVE-2025-53243

Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress <= 4.5.3 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection

Employee Directory – Staff & Team Directory: Currently marked unpatched

Affected versions: *-4.5.3

Vulnerability type: CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Affected software, patched versions and attribution

The Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 4.5.3 via deserialization of untrusted input. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable software. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.

Employee Directory – Staff & Team Directory

Affected versions: *-4.5.3

Patched versions: Not supplied

Researcher credit: Martino Spagnuolo

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Original Wordfence record
Published
August 25, 2025
CVSS
8.1
MediumCVE-2025-8295

Employee Directory <= 4.5.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via noaccess_msg Parameter

Employee Directory – Staff & Team Directory: Currently marked unpatched

Affected versions: *-4.5.1

Vulnerability type: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected software, patched versions and attribution

The Employee Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘noaccess_msg’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Employee Directory – Staff & Team Directory

Affected versions: *-4.5.1

Patched versions: 4.5.2

Researcher credit: Muhammad Yudha - DJ

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Original Wordfence record
Published
August 4, 2025
CVSS
6.4
MediumCVE-2025-5531

Staff Directory – Employee Directory for WordPress <= 4.5.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Employee Directory – Staff & Team Directory: Currently marked unpatched

Affected versions: *-4.5.0

Vulnerability type: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected software, patched versions and attribution

The Employee Directory – Staff Listing & Team Directory Plugin for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'emd_mb_meta' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Employee Directory – Staff & Team Directory

Affected versions: *-4.5.0

Patched versions: 4.5.1

Researcher credit: Muhammad Yudha - DJ

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Original Wordfence record
Published
June 3, 2025
CVSS
6.4

Vulnerability data: Wordfence Intelligence. Analysis and practical guidance: 3Zero Digital.

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